The ISD 166 school board began its first regular meeting of 2010 on Wednesday, January 20 by taking care of some organizational details. Bill Huggins was voted in as board chair for a second year, with Leonard Sobanja, secretary and Eric Kemp, treasurer. With “Expenditure Reduction Goal(s)” later on the agenda, the board discussed its own compensation. Last year, each... READ MORE >
Grants, from the government as well as the private sector, seem to be a major source of income for numerous initiatives around Cook County. On January 19 and 26, 2010, Cook County commissioners approved county participation or support for a number of grants. Poplar River Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District Technician Tristan Beaster asked for the board’s support... READ MORE >
You drive through the woods on a starry night until you find a log home spilling light onto the snow outside. You are greeted warmly at the door and follow your host up the stairs where you see a few people you know, a few you don’t, conversing over crackers and cheese, homemade bread, olives, chocolates, and their beverages of... READ MORE >
What would happen if Cook County were suddenly cut off from communication with the rest of the world? What if no one could make a long distance phone call, send or receive email, or even get his or her cell phone to work? About mid-morning Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the county found out. A communications outage, rumored to have been... READ MORE >
PolyMet, one of several companies jumping through the hoops required to mine non-ironbased metals such as gold, copper, nickel and platinum from the Iron Range, will not be using Taconite Harbor at the west end of Cook County as a rail-to-ship transfer site as hoped. A January 14, 2010 email to Cook County Board of Commissioners Secretary Janet Simonen from... READ MORE >
TheSchroeder town board agreed on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 to loan $70,000 to Tofte Charters owner Darren Peck for the purchase of a new boat. Peck said he is updating his business. His current boat is 21 feet long and 26 years old. He would like to get a bigger boat and a new motor, he said. He told the... READ MORE >
County Highway Maintenance Supervisor Russell Klegstad visited the Schroeder town board meeting Tuesday, January 12, 2010 and invited feedback from the community. “It’s nice to have calls,” he said. “We’re there for the people.” Klegstad said he is interested in developing a group of contacts from around the county who would call him to report inclement weather, since it can... READ MORE >
One topic that came up during last summer’s debates during creation of the Grand Marais Recreation Area Master Plan was a desire for more public use of the rec park. How to facilitate this was one topic discussed by the park board January 5, 2010. The park board adopted goals and policies for the recreation area last March which state... READ MORE >
At the Tuesday, January 12, 2010 meeting of the Schroeder town board, Township Supervisor Ross Willson said he had a letter ready to go to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) protesting its directive to Marion and Roger McKeever to remove their sign from the Highway 61 roadside in front of their cabin/restaurant business, Satellite’s Country Inn. He did not... READ MORE >
“Someone special has left this town and this community,” Father Seamus Walsh said Monday, January 18, 2010 at a candlelight service in memory of Jasper “Jazz” McGrath, whose body was recovered from an avalanche near Vail, Colorado Thursday, January 14. He had been living with his brother Joe in Colorado and went missing January 6. “This is very sad,” Father... READ MORE >
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